Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Urban cohousing [was: Monekysheres...

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Jan 3, 2010, at 7:52 PM, Jessie Kome wrote:

> a truly urban area is to check to see if you are within
> walking distance of a metro bus line(s) or trolley that runs at
> least every 30-40 minutes during morning and evening rush, if not
> more often.  And, of course, if you are located within about a half
> mile of a subway, you are urban.

On Jan 4, 2010, at 7:20 AM, Ann Zabaldo wrote:

> Well.  Not if you live in Tampa, FL -- a sprawling city of a gazillion
> cars, uber amount of freeways and ... once recently I did see a lone
> bus trundling along a city street.  I think there might even be
> another one out there  ...  (I grew up in Tampa.)

And Tampa is 19th on the US Census Bureau's list of urban areas which  
are ranked by population size. The chart also has land area and  
density per square mile. While an area has to have a population over  
40,000+ to get on the list, the density is apparently not a factor.  
The list again:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_areas

Some of the urban areas have densities of less than a 1,000 per sq  
mile. "Contiguous" is the key. Sierra Vista, AZ has only 583.9 bodies  
per square mile.

The map of red dots is also interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USA-Urban-Areas.svg


Sharon
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